Some Local Farmers Are Being Hit Hard By Water Restrictions

Thursday, August 21, 2008

KPBS Public Broadcasting

Audio

Aired 4/19/09

Audio posted in the afternoon.

Tom Fudge:
This evening, KPBS-TV will air a documentary that examines the water shortage that has become well established in California. It's a shortage that's already hitting San Diego farmers very hard. This is due in part to an agreement many of them signed years ago that allows the water district to severely limit their water use in times of drought.

The current water shortage is the result of years of light rain in California and the rest of the West. Normally you'd expect to be able to find a silver lining. The problem with this dark cloud, maybe I should say the lack of dark clouds, is the infamous Delta Smelt court ruling. That decision seems sure to reduce water shipments to us from the Sacramento Delta for years to come.

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